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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... September. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Indices of Economic Activity, and the Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations releases its jobs vacancy report. In equities, Woolworths Ltd releases first quarter sales results ...

Dollar rise to boost planner wages

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... Skills Index concluded that competition will heat up even more in the financial services industry, thanks to stable employment opportunities, higher financial market activity and better business conditions.

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
QE2: Coming soon to a theatre near you! Faster than fiscal spending, more powerful than QE1, able to lift employment and prevent deflation in a single bound! Look up in the sky...it's QE2! Wall Street is abuzz with speculation that the Fed would very ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... sector jobs grew by only 64,000, less than expectations for a gain of 75,000. Worse-sest. Leading jobs indicators of employment signal slim prospects of employment picking up in a hurry. The average workweek for all workers showed no change in September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... lower at noon, following a weak lead from Wall Street as traders remain on the sidelines in the lead-up to a key US employment report. At 1204 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.3 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4,673.0 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... Australian stock market is expected to open lower on Friday after Wall Street ended slightly weaker ahead of a key employment report in the US due on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0722 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... contracts traded. The local market opened down 0.3 per cent, but recovered in the morning thanks to the release of positive employment numbers on Thursday. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed the nation added 49,500 jobs in September ...

Russell readies for intra-fund advice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... more than 70 roles that relate to super fund clients and members. More than 70 staff from IBM SuperLife have signed employment contracts with Russell Investments and will join the team on 1 January 2011, when the new model is launched. That team will ...

European pension systems under review

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... role the EU should play to support these funds. "Setbacks in economic growth, public budgets, financial stability and employment have made it more urgent to adjust retirement practices and the way people build up entitlements to pensions," the report ...

Ausbil Dexia signs ESG deal with CAER

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... sustainable equities. The fund uses an investment approach that combines studies of companies' social, environmental, employment and ethical economic policies with detailed quantitative analysis and a risk controlled portfolio construction process. According ...